Methods and apparatuses for configuration automation
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- connecting, by a user device, the user device to a data processing system, wherein the data processing system includes a graphical user interface;
transmitting a user data from the user device to the data processing system in response to the connecting, wherein the data processing system automatically configures a setting of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the user data, wherein the user device uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for automated configuring of user preferences. In one aspect of the present invention, a method to operate a data processing system, includes: detecting whether or not a portable device is connected to the data processing system; and automatically configuring one or more user preferences of the data processing system according to an identity of the portable device in response to a change in whether or not the portable device is connected to the data processing system. In one aspect of the present invention, call forwarding of at least one of a land line phone and a mobile phone is automatically configured when the mobile phone is brought close to the land line phone or when the mobile phone is taken away from the land line phone.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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connecting, by a user device, the user device to a data processing system, wherein the data processing system includes a graphical user interface; transmitting a user data from the user device to the data processing system in response to the connecting, wherein the data processing system automatically configures a setting of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the user data, wherein the user device uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a processing system cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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connecting, by a user device, the user device to a data processing system, wherein the data processing system includes graphical user interface; transmitting a user data from the user device to the data processing system in response to the connecting, wherein the data processing system automatically configures a setting of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the user data, wherein the user device uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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connecting a user device to a data processing system, wherein the data processing system includes a graphical user interface; transmitting a user data from the user device to the data processing system in response to the connecting, wherein the user data is usable by the data processing system to configure a setting of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the user data, wherein the user device uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different.
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15. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a processing system cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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connecting a user device to a data processing system, wherein the data processing system includes graphical user interface; transmitting a user data from the user device to the data processing system in response to the connecting, wherein the user data is usable by the data processing system to configure a setting of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the user data, wherein the user device uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method performed at a data processing system, the method comprising:
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connecting, by the data processing system, to a user device that uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different; receiving, at the data processing system, a user data from the user device after connecting to the user device; configuring, at the data processing system, a setting of a graphical user interface of the data processing system in response to receiving the user data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a processing system cause the processing system to perform a method at a data processing system, the method comprising:
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connecting, by the data processing system, to a user device that uses a first wireless short range protocol to communicate with the data processing system and a second wireless protocol to place and receive telephone calls over a cellular network, and wherein the first wireless short range protocol and the second wireless protocol are different; receiving, at the data processing system, a user data from the user device after connecting to the user device; configuring, at the data processing system, a setting of a graphical user interface of the data processing system in response to receiving the user data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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